HCC Sports Information
Monday, September 19, 2016
A two-point home loss to a now-Top 5 ranked team meant the Hutchinson Community College football 
team slipped seven spots in this week’s NJCAA Football Rankings.
The Blue Dragons dropped a 16-14 decision to now-No. 5 Garden City on Saturday at Gowans Stadium. HCC was No. 6 heading into a contest against a third-straight nationally ranked foe. HCC knocked off No. 18 Coffeyville and No. 6 Iowa Western in the first two weeks of the season.
Hutchinson travels to Highland for a 1 p.m. game on Saturday.
Hutchinson has been ranked in 83 of the past 93 polls issued since 2008.
The Blue Dragons weren’t the only upset victim last week as 4 of the top 6 teams last week – Snow, Butler, Copiah-Lincoln and Hutchinson – all were defeated.
Arizona Western got 8 of 9 first-place votes and is the new No. 1 team in the rankings followed by Northwest Mississippi, Tyler, Lackawanna and Garden City.
Butler dropped 10 spots to No. 12 and Dodge City moved up one spot to No. 13.
(photo courtesy of HCC Sports Information)
NJCAA FOOTBALL RANKINGS
Record Points Last poll
- Arizona Western (8)4-0 140 4
- Northwest Mississippi 3-0 133 5
- Tyler 2-0 126 7
- Lackawanna 3-0 114 8
- Garden City 4-0 104 12
- Jones County (1)3-0 97 13
- DuPage 3-0 91 9
- New Mexico Military 4-0 81 16
- Snow 3-1 81 1
- Trinity Valley 3-1 78 11
- East Mississippi 2-1 68 14
- Butler 2-1 55 2
- Hutchinson 2-1 49 6
- Navarro 2-1 48 15
- Itawamba 2-1 37 10
- Kilgore 2-0 31 20
- North Dakota SCS 4-0 27 18
- Dodge City 3-1 21 19
- Phoenix 4-1 16 NR
- Iowa Western 2-2 14 RV
Others Receiving Votes: Central Lakes (4-0); Copiah-Lincoln (2-1); Georgia Military (3-1); Mesa (2-1); Holmes (3-0); Louisburg (4-0).